reporting live from charlottesville, virginia, elizabeth hur for abc7 news. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> demonstrators have been on the move since this afternoon in san francisco. abc7 reporter alyssa harrington has been walking with them, live tweeting videos like this. she joins us from civic center plaza where more demonstrators are beginning to gather. >> reporter: the bay area is bracing for a second night of protests and vigils. here in san francisco, one just wrapped up. we saw a group marching down market street. here is some video of that from a little earlier today. the group marched down market street. they started in the mission and chanted "rise up for charlottesville." many held signs credititicizing president donald trump. the march did stay peaceful. those in the bay area are coming together to show solidarity for victims in virginia. those are facing off with white nationalists holding a unite the right demonstration. tonight will also hold a vandal light vigil. they are asking people to bring candles or flashlights and light up t

>> elizabeth hur from charlottesville where the calm has returned. peaceful calm college town. i've been to many times. they found this weekend as being very painful. there's growing criticism in the meantime over the president's response to the deadly violence in charlottesville. >> the president says he condemns the hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, but that wasn't enough for many democrats and some republicans who are calling on him to specifically denounce white supremacy. >> the vice president defended the president. then has used the words the president has yet to use. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence for white supremacists, neo-nazis or the kkk. these dangerous, fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. >> and the white house is also trying to clarify the president's statement, but so far, he's been silent since his initial comments. here's david wright with more. >> reporter: the white house struggled to shore up the president's e

abc's elizabeth hur gains us live from -- joins us now from charlottesville with the latest. >> reporter: sarah we begin with the arrangement, it was brief. the suspect answered yes or no questions and his bail denied until he tairns an attorney. -- he retains an attorney, james alex fields is responsible for ramming his car into a crowd of a crowd of protesters in charlottesville and killing heather heyer from virginia. just hours earlier fields seen here marching an chant winning a group of white supremacists, his former high school teacher not surprised. >> we covered the rise of hitler, he would say hitler's views were right. >> reporter: abc news learning fields tried to join the army in 2015 and that lasted 4 months after failing to meet training standards. now, all eyes on trump. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred and bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: critics saying this response not naming white nationalists did not go far enough. jeff sessions reacting on good morning. >> i believe it was very strong and c

elizabeth hur abc new york. in this morning's "healthcheck" eating right an exercising while pregnant may do more for your baby. it can lessen your chances for having a c-section. a healthy diet consisted of eating more fiber and fish and no sugary drinks and most of the pregnant woman exercise by using a stationary bike swimming dancing or toning exercises. >>> a little league baseball team from montgomery will play on the national stage. the upper providence under 12 team are heading to the regional championship. they head to connecticut for tomorrow's game, you can watch it on espn, 3 and 4:00 p.m. they are looking for a spot in the up coming little league world series, we windchill them luck. >> it was an emotional reunion as two brothers reunited with their birth mother after 47 years. anthony wigs knew he was given up for adoption in puerto rico in the 1970s. 15 years ago, he connect connected with his birth brother. yesterday they finally got to beat their birth mother. >> >> as you can see there are many

abc 7 news reporter elizabeth hur has the story from charlottesville. >> james alex fields jr. arraigned this morning on charges of second-degree murder and related offenses. police said the 20-year-old is responsible for ramming his car into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators in charlottesville and killing 32-year-old heather heyer, a paralegal from virginia. it happened just before 2:00 saturday afternoon. just hours earlier he was seen earlier marching and chanting with a group of white supremacists. his former high schoolteacher not surprised. >> he would often say how, you know, hitler's views were right. what if hitler had won? >> reporter: abc news learning fields tried to join the army in 2015 but that attempt lasted only four months after failing to meet training standards. now, all eyes on president donald trump criticized after his initial response saturday for not naming white nationalists directly while condemning hatred. today this statement from the president who also confirmed a federal civil rights investigation is underway. >> those who cause violence in its na

elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> meteorologist mike nicco is tracking hurricane harvey as it is barrels towards the coast. mike is here with another look. >> hi, kristen. we'll show you what's going on with satellite and radar to give you an idea of how gynormous this storm is. nearly 415 miles across as it goes from the rio grande irveil all the way up to almost baton rouge, louisiana. rainfall estimates already, about 8.5 around the center to 4.5 in bay city which is well far away from the center there in the upper center part of your television screen to nearing an inch in core puts kristi, and those are going to rapidly increase. right now the storm surge is about 2 feet. it's going to get up to about 12 feet, and it's expected to stay elevated for days. fresh water flooding because of the possibility of up to 35, nearly 3 feet of rain and tornadoes are going to be possible also. there are going to be towns that are going to be you be inhabitable for days to even weeks. the storm should crash sometime during our evening, say around 7:00 to 9:00 with major, major hurricane fo

reporting live from charlottesville, virginia, elizabeth hur for abc7 news. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> demonstrators have been on the move since this afternoon in san francisco. abc7 reporter alyssa harrington has been walking with them, live tweeting videos like this. she joins us from civic center plaza where more demonstrators are beginning to gather. >> reporter: the bay area is bracing for a second night of protests and vigils. here in san francisco, one just wrapped up. we saw a group marching down market street. here is some video of that from a little earlier today. the group marched down market street. they started in the mission and chanted "rise up for charlottesville." many held signs credititicizing president donald trump. the march did stay peaceful. those in the bay area are coming together to show solidarity for victims in virginia. those are facing off with white nationalists holding a unite the right demonstration. tonight will also hold a vandal light vigil. they are asking people to bring candles or flashlights and light up t

elizabeth hur is there with the latest. >> reporter: kendis and diane good morning. emancipation park where all of this began with that so-called unite the right rally, protesting the city's decision to remove that confederate statue. now that was saturday. but what a difference a day makes. on sunday, we actually saw one man throwing what looked like paint but was actually colored cornstarch onto the statue. he was saying that the statue has to go. then just about three blocks from here, that's the crash scene where a makeshift memorial is growing by the hour. at one point, i was there, and dozens of people were singing, praying, and even crying together. one survivor of the crash actually stood up and took a minute to tell the group that this is not a war zone. this is charlottesville, and what happened here, she said, will not break us. and it is important that everyone here, they don't let that happen, especially for the victims. kendis and diane? >> our thanks to elizabeth there in charlottesville. and a big news conference that president trump had promise to ho

news reporter elizabeth hur is in charlottesville. >> reporter: today the suspect's bond wadened. so he remains in jail. as for the investigation, president trump say r says what happened here it was evil and those responsible will be held accountable. facing mounting pressure. >> racism is ebola. >> reporter: president trump finally giving the violence in virginia a name. >> those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups. >> reporter: nearly 48 hours after the chaos in charlottesville and amid growing backlash from critic who's felt the president's initial response did not go far enough. >> violence on many sides. on many sides. >> reporter: and now the president says the department of justice has also launched a civil rights investigation. this as we learn new details about the 20-year-old suspect arraigned on murder charges. james alex fields jr. seenere marching among the white supremacist groups according to police, later rammed his car into a group of counterprotesters killing heather heye

elizabeth hur with more details. >> reporter: at the scene a terror and chaos in the street of shorlts vil that ended in death and devastation. the city now sharing messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know the city of charlottesville is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: including heather heyer, a 32-year-old from virginia killed when a car plowed through a crowd protests against a white nationalist rally. >> heather was a strong person who always deafened what she believed in. >> reporter: the suspect driver 20-year-old james allan fields jr. from ohio sits in jail charged with murder. meanwhile, the man who organized the unite the right demonstration. >> i was the organizationer of the unite the right rally. >> reporter: tried to hold a conference and it failed. instead heckled by protesters and circuescorted the recently police. this as the virginia governor tend do denounce. >> to the white supremist and the neoth-zee's who came to our beautiful state yesterday, there is no place for you here. >> reporter: this clear indication from

elizabeth hur introduces us to one very lucky woman. multimillion dollar mystery solved. >> yea! elizabeth: with this check presentation of $758 million. >> this isn't true. this can't be. elizabeth: still in shock, mavis revealing she was at work with a coworker when she realized she won. >> i pulled mine out. i have that. i have that. i have that. he said, "let me see the he said, "you just won." elizabeth: they confirmed the winner after mistakenly announcing that the winning ticket was sold in water-up to and then later issuing a correction. >> simple error. a person made a mistake. elizabeth: it turns out this store is where she bought her ticket and the store donating the $50,000 it gets for stelling the winning -- selling winning ticket. >> happen to be lucky people involved. glad to pass it on. >> her plans? work in progress. >> the first thing i want to do is sit back and relax. head a pipe dream. elizabeth: she is $758 million richer. you can imagine, she is not going back to her day job at a medical center. for winning number

in new york, i'm elizabeth hur, abc7 news. nancy: update now on a tragic story we brought you yesterday. daycare worker in florida now facing charges in the death of a toddler. she is accused of leaving a 3-year-old in a van for hours after the temperatures soared well above 100 degrees. orlando police finding several violations and failed procedures at the day care, including the boy being marked present when he wasn't. alison: right now some parents in florida are claiming classism in the cafeteria. they are upset about a letter sent home regarding a fundraising idea. the principal says it was a mistake. what it does is ask for donations. if a kid gives $100 they could skip to the front of the lunch line. >> you got those who can pay and those who can't. >> my dad has more money than you, i get to you have to wait. alison: the principal says he never signed off on this letter and the parent-teacher student association claims it was an idea but that it was never going to be implemented and the letter was sent home because of

reporting live in new york i'm elizabeth hur for channel6 "action news." rick. >> elizabeth thank you. >>> meanwhile support is pouring in to texas from the ar1 trucks of equipment and 45 people got the call from fema packed up and headed south towards houston. philadelphia's red cross say they are also getting calls from people around the area asking to help. they say blood or money is the important need, not clothes. >> those things have to be cleaned, sorted and shipped. that takes personnel and it takes resources that detract us from our dominant mission. >> we spoke with officials from the better business bureau who are already warning about potential scams. they recommend you do your research before donating. >> part of the reason for all this flooding is because of the storm's slow moving track. >> that's right. and meteorologist melissa magee something for cecily tonight. she's in the weather center with where harvey is headed next. >> rick and sharrie, re, the reason it is moving so slowly there's no steering down the current to push the system out

here's elizabeth hur. >> reporter: chaos in the heart of barcelona. with drocrowding running for co and police rushing to the scene after authorities say this white van jumped onto a sidewalk packed with unsuspecting pids. >> everybody just ran forward. >> reporter: it was around 5:00 p.m. thursday local time and witnesses say that van was speeding, leaving a trail of terror before coming to a crashing halt. >> screams of people. when i looked up, saw the white van just knocking people over at high speed. >> reporter: eyewitnesses later told police the driver abandoned the van and ran away. and that van, according to investigators, was rented by this 28-year-old, driss oukabir. police learning he was born in morocco where he recently spain last sunday. police announcing the arrest of oukabir along with another man, confirmed a third suspect was shot and killed. the investigation continuing with a house explosion in this late night incident 60 miles south of barcelona that left five people dead. all three events believed to be connected. this as famili

abc's elizabeth hur reports from charlottesville. >> reporter: geerchg as -- good evening as the city and country rally for unit. we're hearing from the victim's friends and family. the chaos that ended in death and devastation. messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know that the city is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: including heather heyer a 32-year-old paralegal from virginia killed when a car plowed through a car. friends and family talked about her independence. >> heather was a strong person who defended what she believed in. >> she was not about hate. >> she put her life on the line. >> reporter: the suspect driver james alex fields from ohio sits in jail charged with murder. meanwhile, the man who organized the unite the right demonstration. >> i was the organizers of the unite the right rally. tried to hold a press conference and was heckled and escorted away. this as the virginia governor denounces and condemns the supporters of the white supremacists. >> there's no place for you here. >> reporter: anti-violence vigil as and

elizabeth hur live. the suspect only answered yes or no questions from the judge. still no motive in this case but we now know local on federal investigations are under way to get to the bottom of this. 20-year-old james alex fields jr. appearing before a judge via video is ordered to remain in jail and his bond denied charged with the murder of heather hi and a hit-and-run in charlottesville could face additional federal charges. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: president donald trump responding to critics who blasted him for not initially denouncing the white nationalists and today announced a civil rights investigation is under way. abc learning the fbi is now reviewing the suspect's background to determine if the attack was a hate crime or domestic terrorism. his mother is in disbelief after learning of his involvement over the weekend. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought hit something to do with trump. >> reporter: but others who knew fields in the past say they are not surprised. >> he was vocal about his ideas. he proclaimed himself as a nazi

abc news reporter elizabeth hur is live in charlottesville with the new details about the suspect's pastreporter: kristen and larry, the arraignment was very brief. today we are learning from investigators, they are digging deeper into the suspect's past to try to figure out a motive. 20-year-old james alex fields jr. appearing before a judge via video is ordered to remain in jail and his bond denied. charged with the murder of heather heyer and a hit-and-run that injured more than a dozen others could face additional federal charges. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: president donald trump responding to critics who blasted him for not initially denouncing the white nationalist groups directly and forcefully, today announced a civil rights investigation is under way. abc news learning the fbi is now reviewing the suspect's background to determine if the attack was a hate crime or domestic terrorism. his mother is in disbelief after learning of his involvement over the weekend. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought it had something to do with trump. >> reporter: but others wh

abc news reporter elizabeth hur with more. >> reporter: throughout the day and even at this hour, thereoing on in the city and across the country. a rally for unity. as you mentioned, we learned more about the 32-year-old victim from her mother. at the scene of terror and chaos in the streets of charlott charlottesville that ended in death and deaf station. the city is now sharing message of unity and condolences for the victim. >> i want the country to know that the city of charlottesville is a

. >> here's more from abc news reporter, elizabeth hur. >> reporter: chaos in the heart of barcelona.ith crowds running for cover and police racing to the scene after authorities say this white van jumped on to a sidewalk packed with unsuspecting pedestrians. >> they were screaming from behind and run forward. >> reporter: it was around 5:00 p.m. local time and eye witnesses say that van was speeding, leaving a trail of terror before coming to a crashing halt. >> screams of people and when i looked up, saw the white van knocking people over at high speed. >> reporter: eye witnesses later told police the driver abandoned the van and ran away and that van was rented by this 28-year-old. abc news learning he was born in morocco where he recently visited before arriving back in spain last sunday. police announcing the arrest of him along with another man confirmed a third suspect was shot and killed. the investigation now continuing with an earlier explosion and the late-night incident that left five people dead, all three fully to be connected. this as families with missing loved ones, i

here now is abc's elizabeth hur. british model chloe ailing, finally back home in london after surviving what authorities say was a bizarre kidnapping in italy. >> i've been through a terrifying experience. i fled for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. >> reporter: reading from a prepared statement, the 20-year-old told an italian reporter she's grateful to be alive but still in shock. >> i've just arrived home after four weeks of being in italy, and i haven't had the time to gather my thoughts. >> reporter: ayling told police she traveled to milan for what she thought was a photo shoot, but men posing as photographers drugged her with a powerful succeed mine and then bound and stuffed into a suitcase, police say the men put her into the trunk of a car, drove her to a remote cabin near the french border and held her there, handcuffed to furniture for six days until she was finally released. according to investigators, the suspects used accounts on the dark web, an encrypted part of the interne

elizabeth hur, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >>> solidarity rallies for charlottesville took placeoughout the day. some of them you see here on the map. this is video of one held earlier today in san francisco's castro district. abc7 news reporter elissa harrington is live tonight in san francisco where a crowd gathered in front of city hall. elissa? >> reporter: eric, i actually got a chance to meet a family from charlottesville. they're visiting san francisco, and they told me since they can't protest at home, they wanted to join a demonstration with others here. >> we knew it was happening. we just didn't know how bad it was going to be. >> reporter: kristen bream and her family are visiting san francisco from charlottesville, a town thrust into the national spotlight. the center of violent clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters. kristen, her husband, and two teenage boys joined hundreds of people at a solidarity protest outside city hall. they say racism has no place in their town, and it has been hard to watch from a distance. >> i was glad we were not there

. >> elizabeth hur, live in charlottesville, thank you. >>> plans to expose white nationalists who appeared in charlottesville over the weekend. >> we are coming for those who have aligned themselves with the ku klux klan, and nazism and white supremacy. we'll be watching over the innocent. >> coming up at 4:30, a witness to the violence, a bay area mother visiting her daughter at medical school says she was shocked by what she saw in charlottesville. we'll have her story new at 4:30. >>> breaking news now out of lake county. a manhunt is happening right now for an armed and dangerous man authorities say shot at a cal trans crew and chp officers. authorities are looking for 43-year-old joshua brown. they say he fired shots at crews outside of his property on highway 29 in coal creek road near kelseyville around 10:30 this morning. once lake county sheriffs arrived at the scene, he fired oneho s otfficer and an additional two shots at a state parks officer. authorities say brown then ran away into the nearby brush and trees. cal trans was doing road work in the area at the time. the chp was

elizabeth hur reports many of them are already on the ground in the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: fromissouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast -- >> be safe out there. >> reporter: -- answering the call for help. >> we need citizens to be involved. this is a landmark event. >> reporter: fema officials stressing that help isn't just welcomed, but necessary. >> they are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. >> reporter: and these trained first responders, rescuers and nurses, not the only ones signed up. >> the order called in earlier. we donated the entire -- >> reporter: donating food, like operation barbecue relief, a charity founded after the joplin tornado. >> you got any water? >> reporter: then there are organizations like the rgb mud sand and recovery team. handing out water and supplies after rounding up the volunteers on facebook. >> they'll find a way to get people out there to wherever you're at. >> reporter: and some are even using an app called zello, the primary source of communication for members of the louisiana cajun navy,

elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> such a bizarre story.yling told police that she was told the gang behind all this was called black death. >> apparently this gang, she says, has a rule where they would not kidnap moms. and when they learned that she had a child back home waiting to a for her, that's when they said they would let her go. kidnapping, sex slave, yes, yes, yes, but if you're a mom, they're not going to keep you. >> what a bizarre story. of course investigators will continue on this and we will continue monitoring their developments. >>> all right, coming up, dating in numbers. >> see how dating apps are change the game with the revolutionary idea of speed dating. revolutionary. never been done before. >> speed dating? woo. >> but they're putting a new twist on them. >> put them in their my space top eight? >> we'll tell you about it coming up on "world news now." ♪ tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks? using wipes in the kitchen can be ineffective. try mr. clean magic eraser. simply add water, to remove

abc's elizabeth hur has more. >> reporter: an investment trip to honduras turned into a night mayor forilation, one window with little bars and the door. >> reporter: according to laroque, a can safe, like this one that looks and feels like a can of iced tea she used to store her valuables while away from her hotel room landed her in jail. >> i mean, this stuff is so crazy, i don't think you could make it up. i mean, this is over an iced tea can. >> her name is amanda jill laroque and she's in roatan, honduras. >> reporter: her husband is flooding social media about her story and warning travelers about can safe, showing this video from the airport. it's unclear what that dog was trained to sniff out. but after they found what looked like a can of iced tea, they cut the can open and assumed the white particles in the lining were cocaine. amanda was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine. our affiliate cut open a can safe they purchased and white particles did fall out. and this is why brandon is calling his wife's arrest a huge misunderstanding. still in custody, but in this new

>> our thanks to elizabeth hur there.er investigation over their social media post that allegedly mocked this weekend's deadly protest. officers with the scheifele police department in kentucky and the springfield police department in massachusetts allegedly made fun of that fatal car crash. the officer in massachusetts has reportedly been reassigned pending an investigation, the one in kentucky placed on administrative leave. >>> and video of a woman confronting a man outside of charlotte, north carolina over his nazi flag now going viral. paige broswell pulled into the man's drove way, confronted him about flying the swastika. he said the flag is a political statement about how the country has now become nazi-america. many of love's neighbors is indifferent to the flag which love has reportedly since taken down. >>> north korea appears to be walking back its threat to launch missiles in the waters of guam. kim jong-un paid a visit to his general reportedly to get briefed on plans for the upcoming test, but he seemed to